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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2012 => Topic started by: Otto Puzzell on November 20, 2008, 03:08:10 AM
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Intermeccanica Centaur - a 1970 one-off built by Carrozzeria Intermeccanica for some american doctor.
Hello everyone, my first post and my first puzzle solved :)
BTW, some of you probably know me from the ucp forum under the name go.pawel
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Nope, I don't know you, but glad to meet you. Welcome to AutoPuzzles, ImpishGrin! :)
And you are, of course, correct. That's the Intermeccanica Centaur.
Another formidable rookie is amongst us! :nerves:
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I most certainly know mr. go.pawel from UCP, welcome. It seems Mateusz dragged you across? :)
And yes Otto, be afraid, be very afraid. ;D
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I am not afraid.
Welcome, Impish Grin.
;D
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A two-point puzzle. One point for identifying this car - who built it, what powers it, for whom was it built and when. A second point if you can provide a photo of it after completion!
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Experts finally have a chance
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is there a Ford inthere somewhere?
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is there a Ford inthere somewhere?
I'm not the only one who sees an old Granada in it, then?
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No Ford bits here
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Is it a US build?
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South America?
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Not built anywhere in the Americas
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Four doors and 5-lug wheels....Australia?
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Nope
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Then the next guess would be, of course, New Zealand.
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Those rims look like DeLorean-rims ...
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Not from NZ, and this car pre-dates the Delorean
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Is it built on a GM base, any of the European satelite companies?
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There is a GM car under there somewhere, though not a European one
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Well, despite Brussels' best efforts, Britain isn't yet quite European, so maybe Vauxhall Ventora?
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I'm pretty certain Britain is part of Europe!! Anyway, no Vauxhall bits here. The engine & drivetrain are sourced from the most famous GM brand.
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Since the wheels are Corvette Vortex-style, is the car built on a Corvette platform?
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Corvette is right!
A 24hr lock for you to see what else you can dig up....
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I did a quick search and couldn't find anything and I'm in the last-minute (whole week) thrash to get ready for the salt flats. So go ahead and open it up and if I run across something and no one else has found it, I'll chime in.
RtR
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South African?
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Okay Ray, open again.
It's not from South Africa
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Quick wild-assed guess: 63 Corvette Rondine by Pinifarina?
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No, later than '63 and not by Pininfarina
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Up...
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It's a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette Sedan Proposal by Ghia?
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Intermeccanica Centaur
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Corvette-based one-off. Clearly a four-door in the pic (from the glorious Intermeccanica book), though one website lists it as a two-door
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Was there more than one Centaur? http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=5853.0
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And the rest of the missing info:
Intermeccanica Centaur, based on a V8 Corvette. The project started in 1965 and was delivered somewhere around June 1971 to the American urologist Dr. Dean.
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Does the puzzle pic appear in the Intermeccanica book?
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Right, it's the Centaur. There was only one, and I did search for it, but you know how that goes... Maybe somebody can merge now?
I've given Quiller the point for the initial ID though 75america added the full info. It was based on a V8 Corvette for a Dr. Dean who felt a flashy sports car wasn't suitable for a man of his profession so had Intermeccanica build a '4 door Corvette' for him.
I've only ever seen photos of the car in an unfinished state though there must be some evidence of the completed car out there (why wasn't it in the Intermeccanica book though??), so another point is at stake for anyone that can provide an image of the finished article. I'd hope that it still exists somewhere out there too...
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Merged
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Strange thing that it's not clear if it got two doors or four.... ???
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Corvette-based one-off. Clearly a four-door in the pic (from the glorious Intermeccanica book), though one website lists it as a two-door
By looking at the b+w pic I got the idea that it's maybe only a (still) oversized body sheet that pretends a door that never existed (?!)
Or that the red two-door coupe got actually four doors?
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I agree. The color picture is not too clear, so hard to say.
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Are these the same car? There are so many differences!
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There are so many differences!
such as ... ?
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Not a very good picture I'm afraid, but from this it was clearly built as a four-door saloon/sedan.
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No, the colour pic doesn't appear in the Intermeccanica book - only the two B&W pics as posted here. Despite the excellence of the book, I think the full story of Intermeccanica has yet to be told...